- Barclay Knapp
Barclay Knapp is a Senior Fellow in the Center for Financial Economics at The
Johns Hopkins University , and has formed Charles Street Partners, to pursue financing and management opportunities in the telecommunications industry.He is known particularly for his role in co-founding Cellular Communications Inc. (CCI), serving as CFO and later as President and COO. CCI became one of the largest independent cellular system operators in the US, growing from start-up to over 1.25 million customers by the time of its sale to
Airtouch in 1996 for $2.5 billion. The company also gained widespread recognition as an award-winning industry leader in marketing and customer service, with industry leading penetration, market share, and churn rates. [ [http://www.charlesstreetpartners.com/executive_bios.html Charles Street Partners ] ]In 1992, when the British Government gave UK cable TV companies permission to offer telephony over their own networks in competition with
British Telecom , Barclay and his CCI co-founder, George Blumenthal, seized the opportunity by acquiring cable franchises in Scotland, Wales, and suburban London. CableTel, was founded in 1993. [ [http://www.charlesstreetpartners.com/executive_bios.html Charles Street Partners ] ]References
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